About Seal Dog Rocks
Seal Dog Rocks are exposed pinnacles northwest of Virgin Gorda, washed by open-water currents that attract big schools of fish. Jacks, barracuda and kingfish hunt over the rocks, and reef sharks are regularly seen. The site is exposed and can have strong current, so it is dived by experienced divers in good conditions. On a calm day it offers some of the most exciting fish action in the northern BVI.
Highlights
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Dive site facts: Seal Dog Rocks
- Depth
- 10–28 m
- Current
- Strong
- Entry
- Liveaboard only
- Level
- Advanced
- Dive type
- Pinnacle, Reef
- Region / port
- British Virgin Islands
- Coordinates
- 18.5067° N, 64.4083° W
Conditions & Currents
Guides normally rate the water movement here as strong current. Dive profiles here run between roughly 10 and 28 metres, so plan your gas and no-decompression limits around the deeper part of the site. It is usually briefed as a dive for advanced divers. The site is reached by liveaboard, so entries are run from the tender or straight off the back deck. Because the flow can pick up quickly, drift profiles, a surface marker buoy and a tight group are standard practice here, and the crew's briefing always overrides any general description.
Why dive Seal Dog Rocks from a liveaboard?
Seal Dog Rocks is one of British Virgin Islands's signature dive sites. A liveaboard sleeps you on the water and puts you in the water for three to four guided dives per day, including dawn and night dives that day-boat operators rarely offer. You skip the daily commute back to port and reach quieter, less-crowded sites in the same region on a single trip.
Below are the liveaboards that include Seal Dog Rocks on their British Virgin Islands itineraries.
Liveaboards diving Seal Dog Rocks
These liveaboards may visit Seal Dog Rocks on selected itineraries — the exact dive sites depend on departure, weather and conditions.
All Star Cuan Law
Virgin Islands